A Replacement Bride

Chapter 35

Chapter 35

Beatrice picked at her clean fingertips, which was now pale. With her head lowered, she stared at the string of digits on her phone screen until it went blank, but her calls were not answered.

As her anxiety persisted, she bit her bottom lip until the shape of her beautiful lips changed while her cold pale face appeared frail.

This is the first time Joaquin missed my call.

Is it because of the woman Ian mentioned?

Who exactly is she?

For the first time in her life, she was panicking as she felt things were going out of control.

Why did something like this happen now after five years?

Feeling irritated, she decided it was time to ring him again.

This time, the call was answered quickly. The man's low and cold voice came through the phone, which had been softened significantly by the audio transmission. Beatrice's heart raced a little as she heard the indescribable bass and gentleness in his voice.

"Why didn't you answer my call earlier?" she muttered, feeling wronged and dissatisfied.

Joaquin glanced at the sleeping Katherine, whose cold expression softened under the dim light. Instead of appearing as icy as she had been in the past, her face appeared more tender.

Hearing Beatrice's complaint, he pursed his lips and gently replied, "I was busy. What happened? Who made you upset, hm?"

Beatrice's heart calmed a little when she heard his familiar tone and the unease she harbored was gone.

"I get nervous when I can't reach you. Joaquin, let's…"

At that moment, she was dying to ask him when he was going to marry her.

been five years, but he still had no plans to marry her. She could not figure out what he was

not the right time. I'll marry you when the

her five years ago, he deserved to

on her deathbed

his father, who was

successful and attractive, and you're surrounded by a lot of amazing girls whereas I'm a nobody.

Beatrice's voice was

stared in disbelief for a long time before slowly exhaling. "There will be

was his promise

boyfriend, but meeting you is difficult. When other people ask why, I can't even answer them." Beatrice smiled, gripping her phone and acting

down by saying, "I'm busy these

earlier,

Miss Cornell has a habit of eavesdropping, huh?"

as she arched her

openly in front of her! As a matter of

my dear fiancé. I wasn't even interested in listening to what you had to say. Plus, I didn't even say anything about the fact that you had to answer

you have quite a temper." Joaquin snickered

frail because of how pale her face was. Currently, her brows

a conversation, Katherine yawned. "Drop me at the city center. There's something I need

an exhausting operation on

her nap. As a result, Katherine conveyed her irritation

a tired expression, she shut her eyes after saying those words. Seeing that, Joaquin

roads ahead were rather flat, there were many road curves. As such, he drove slowly and steadily to

He's wide awake! Greg also stated that his injuries are no longer a concern. He simply needs to rest well for a few weeks! Who exactly is that woman, Captain? How could she be so

had woken up, there was a one-eighty in Ian's

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